Campeonato Sudamericano de GT

Campeonato Sudamericano de GT
Category	Grand tourer
Country	South American
Inaugural season	2007
Folded	2013
Tyre suppliers	Pirelli
Last Drivers' champion	GT3 Pro-Am:; Marcelo Hahn; GT3 GTR:; Cristiano de Almeida; Pierre Ventura; GT4:; Eduardo Oliveira; William Freire
Official website	www.portalgt.com.br
	Current season

Campeonato Sudamericano de GT (Southamerican GT Championship) previously known as GT3 Brasil Championship, GT Brasil and Campeonato Brasileiro de GT was a sports car racing series based in Brazil organized by the SRO Latin America.

History

Starting in 2007, the GT3 Brasil Championship has been held in Brazil, also organized by SRO, with several veteran drivers racing in some events, such as former Formula One champions Emerson Fittipaldi and former Brazilian Stock Car champions Chico Serra and Ingo Hoffmann. Differently from the European series, GT3 Brasil accepts professional drivers, in a system where drivers are graded from A (International Driver) to D (Fully Amateur).

In 2010 the championship was renamed for GT Brasil and announced the creation of GT4 class. For 2012 season was introduce GT Premium class caters for older, such as the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe or Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S. The category losing the primary sponsor and change their name to Campeonato Brasileiro de GT. In 2013 the series became a South American championship.

Vehicles

Lamborghini Gallardo driven by Ingo Hoffmann and Paulo Bonifácio in the gravel.

The following chassis are currently in GT3 and GT Premium:

GT4:

Champions

Season	Class	Driver	Car
2007	GT3	Andreas Mattheis Xandy Negrão	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
2008	GT3	Andreas Mattheis Xandy Negrão	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Ford GT GT3
2009	GT3	Rafael Derani Cláudio Ricci	Ferrari F430 GT3
2010	GT3	Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Ford GT GT3
2010	GT4	Valter Rossete	Maserati Trofeo Ferrari Challenge
2011	GT3	Mateus Stumpf Valdeno Brito	Ford GT GT3
2011	GT4	Cristiano Federico Caio Lara	Ferrari Challenge Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4
2012	GT3	Cleber Faria Duda Rosa	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
	GTP	Carlos Kray Andersom Toso	Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3
	GT4	Sergio Laganá Alan Hellmeister	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4
2013	GT3 Pro-Am	Marcelo Hahn	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3
	GT3 GTR	Cristiano de Almeida Pierre Ventura	Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3
	GT4	Eduardo Oliveira William Freire	Ferrari Challenge

References

External links

Official website of the Campeonato Sudamericano de GT (in Portuguese)